“HELLRAISER HALLOWEEN” By KHAOS

Wind howling… church bells tolling… a music box plays off-key.) One… two… three… WAKE THE DEAD! (A monstrous laugh echoes through the speakers.) You hear that knocking? That's not the wind, baby. That's the sound of your worst damn nightmare… COMING TO COLLECT! (GUITARS DROP — BOOM! BOOM! CHUGGA-CHUGGA-BOOM!) AHHHHHHHHH! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! [VERSE 1 — Low, Gritty Vocals] Black boots stomping on a graveyard floor, Blood-red moon hanging over the door, Cobwebs dripping from the chandelier, Something in the darkness knows I'm here. Dead roses tangled in my silver chain, Lightning cuts through the acid rain, Hear those children singing out of tune, There's a monster dancing underneath the moon. Got a cracked-up halo and a devil's grin, A coffin full of sinners trying to get back in, Hear the church bells screaming, hear the wild dogs cry, Tonight we're gonna set this motherfucker sky-high! [PRE-CHORUS — Building Vocals] Can you feel it crawling underneath your skin? (Crowd: YEAH!) Can you hear the demons begging to get in? (Crowd: YEAH!) Lock your doors, but it won't do no good… WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS! [CHORUS — Huge Gang Vocals] WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! Raise your fists into the sky! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! Let the dead come back tonight! Black hearts! Red lights! We're gonna rock until the sunrise! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! YOU CAN SCREAM, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE! (Gang vocals) HEY! HEY! — LET THE MONSTERS OUT! HEY! HEY! — LET THE DEVILS SHOUT! HEY! HEY! — HEAR THE GRAVEYARD SING! HALLOWEEN IS THE KING OF EVERYTHING! [VERSE 2 — Faster, Aggressive Riff] Leather jackets, chains across the chest, No saints allowed, no time to rest, Skeletons banging on the basement wall, One more scream and the ceiling falls. Plastic fangs and a razor-wire crown, We're the freaks that your mama warned about, Candy corn scattered on a blood-black street, With a six-string monster and a double-kick beat. The scarecrows bow when the black cats run, The vampires rise when the day is done, Got a fistful of thunder and a mouth full of fire, We're the graveyard generation taking this higher! [PRE-CHORUS 2 — Half-Time Breakdown] (Drums stop. One low guitar note rings out.) Shut your eyes… Count to five… Tell me, baby… ARE YOU FEELING ALIVE?! (Drums explode back in.) ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! KICK THAT DAMN DOOR OFF ITS HINGES! [CHORUS — Full Arena Anthem] WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! Raise your fists into the sky! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! Let the dead come back tonight! Black hearts! Red lights! We're gonna rock until the sunrise! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! YOU CAN SCREAM, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE! HEY! HEY! — LET THE MONSTERS OUT! HEY! HEY! — LET THE DEVILS SHOUT! HEY! HEY! — HEAR THE GRAVEYARD SING! HALLOWEEN IS THE KING OF EVERYTHING! [VERSE 3 — Horror-Rock Spoken/Sung] Now the clock strikes twelve and the walls bleed black, There's a headless horseman riding down the track, A madman laughing in a broken-down hall, And a thousand little shadows crawling over the wall. The moon looks sick and the sky turns green, It's the strangest damn night that you've ever seen, Every freak, every ghost, every lost soul alive, Got their hands in the air when the guitars ignite! No bedtime stories, no turning back, Just a burning amplifier and a heart attack— (brief pause) Not from fear… FROM THE SOUND! Turn that motherfucking volume up right now! [BRIDGE — Slow, Evil, Heavy] (Doom-laden guitars, tom drums, creepy whispered backing vocals.) In the house where the shadows sleep, There are promises the dead still keep… In the mirror, there's another face, Waiting for you in a forgotten place… You hear a whisper. You feel a stare. You turn around— NOBODY'S THERE! (Silence for one beat.) BOOOOOOOOM! [BREAKDOWN — Crowd Participation] (Palm-muted guitars hit like a wrecking ball.) WHO OWNS THE NIGHT?! (Crowd: WE OWN THE NIGHT!) WHO BRINGS THE FEAR?! (Crowd: WE BRING THE FEAR!) WHO RUNS THE GRAVEYARD?! (Crowd: WE RUN THE GRAVEYARD!) THEN MAKE SOME NOISE LIKE THE DEAD ARE HERE! (Guitar chugs.) DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! RAISE THE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! BREAK THE CHAINS! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! FEED THE FLAMES! (Full-band stop.) WE AIN'T GOING HOME UNTIL THE DEVIL KNOWS OUR NAMES! [GUITAR SOLO — 16 BARS] (A screaming wah-wah lead guitar rips through the speakers.) First four bars: fast bluesy bends and squealing harmonics. Next four bars: rapid alternate picking over pounding double-kick drums. Next four bars: harmonized twin-guitar melodies with a theatrical, arena-metal feel. Final four bars: dive bombs, feedback, and one enormous sustained note as the drums build. (A sinister laugh cuts through the feedback.) [FINAL CHORUS — Double-Time, Maximum Energy] WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! LET THE THUNDER SHAKE THE SKY! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! LET THE GHOSTS COME OUT TONIGHT! Black hearts! Red lights! We're gonna rock until the sunrise! WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE! WE WERE BORN TO LIVE THIS LIFE! HEY! HEY! — LET THE MONSTERS OUT! HEY! HEY! — LET THE DEVILS SHOUT!